Believe me, it is tough to deal with the social consequence… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Believe me, it is tough to deal with the social consequences of the appearance of continuous failure. We are social animals; hell is other people.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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We are social animals; hell is other people.

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Believe me, it is tough to deal with the social consequences of the appearance of continuous failure. We are social animals; hell is other people. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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